Playing Peyton Manning brings back memories of courtship

11:57 PM,
Dec. 4, 2013

Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning (18) walks off the field after the Broncos lost to the Baltimore Ravens 38-35 in overtime of an AFC divisional playoff NFL football game, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)

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John Glennon
Gannett Tennessee

He's been in Denver for the better part of two seasons now, piling up touchdown passes by the dozen and guiding the Broncos to one victory after another.

But the fact that quarterback Peyton Manning will be battling the Titans for the first time since making his fateful decision of March 2012 - when he chose the Mile High City over the Music City - meant the old questions were bound to resurface:

Just how close did Manning, who was a star at the University of Tennessee, come to signing with the Titans? How might things have been different if that had transpired? And conversely, how much has the failed ...